Re: Fwd: Error: Warning: the archives are locked.

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Dear all,=20

Thank you very much for replying and giving these suggestions. We would see=
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what we can do to fix our issue, or at least would be great to know when a=
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lock file is blocking the Unison process to continue.

Best regards,
Daniela

On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 2:28:58=E2=80=AFAM UTC-4 T=C3=B5ivo Leedj=
=C3=A4rv wrote:

> I don't think there is much you can do.
>
> I believe there is currently no code in Unison to remove stale lock files=
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> on process exit. There probably should be. That won't help against droppe=
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> connections, of course, but it would make the next attempt run cleanly.
>
> Toivo
>
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 00:41, 'Daniela Rivas' via unison-users <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Unison mailing list,
>>
>> I hope this email finds you well.
>>
>> We have been using Unison for more than a year and we are very satisfied=
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>> with the program, however we are reaching out to you because we encounte=
red=20
>> a small issue with the sync file in unstable network conditions.
>>
>> Let me explain our use case: We have more than 20 clients that sync to=
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>> one server. The clients and the server have Unison installed. These clie=
nts=20
>> can lose connection and get it back hours after.=20
>>
>> In the last past months we have seen this error repeat across the client=
s.
>>
>> Roots:
>>   /www/uploads
>>   ssh://user@server//www/uploads
>>
>>
>> *Error: Lost connection with the server*
>> Unison 2.53.5 (ocaml 4.14.2) log started at 2025-09-17 at 12:29:52
>>
>> Roots:
>>   /www/uploads
>>   ssh://user@server//www/uploads
>>
>> *Error: Warning: the archives are locked.*
>>
>> If no other instance of unison is running, the locks should be removed.
>> The file /unison/lkb3c54ad2dbed82fb3d2ee570190a9551 on host myclient=20
>> should be deleted
>> The file /home/
>> [email protected]/.unison/lka45db4ec67afbd5f4fbc6a3bc9ba8225=20
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://[email protected]/.unison/lka45db4=
ec67afbd5f4fbc6a3bc9ba8225__;!!IBzWLUs!ScwYVrW5Ib1eJH8DsLZLCJXT2POtpPa7TEy4=
rcFTxk0nEkmT-QpQ0dcq3_I3BocLfNsRWi4Wbto8bZtqe-fVnF9bHQxdkic$>=20
>> on host myserver12 should be deleted
>> Please delete lock files as appropriate and try again.
>>
>> Once we delete the files in the client and the server (sometimes the loc=
k=20
>> file is only present on the server) the program resumes to run=20
>> successfully.=20
>>
>> Would you have any suggestions/improvements or any unison commands that=
=20
>> we can run to prevent this type issue? We appreciate any feedback you co=
uld=20
>> give us.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Daniela Rivas | Devops
>>
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Dear all,=C2=A0<div><br /></div><div>Thank you very much for replying and g=
iving these suggestions. We would see what we can do to fix our issue, or a=
t least would be great to know when a lock file is blocking the Unison proc=
ess to continue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Daniela=
<br /><br /></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gma=
il_attr">On Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 2:28:58=E2=80=AFAM UTC-4 T=C3=B5iv=
o Leedj=C3=A4rv wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-le=
ft: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I don&#39;t think there is much you can do.=
</div><div><br></div><div>I believe there is currently no code in Unison to=
 remove stale lock files on process exit. There probably should be. That wo=
n&#39;t help against dropped connections, of course, but it would make the =
next attempt run cleanly.</div><div><br></div><div>Toivo</div></div><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote"></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 00:41, &#39;Daniela Rivas&#39; vi=
a unison-users &lt;<a href data-email-masked rel=3D"nofollow">unison...@sea=
s.upenn.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dear Unis=
on mailing list,</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br>=
</div><div>I hope this email finds you well.</div><div><br></div><div>We ha=
ve been using Unison for more than a year and we are very satisfied with th=
e program,=C2=A0however we=C2=A0are reaching out to you because=C2=A0we enc=
ountered a small issue with the sync file in unstable network conditions.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Let me explain our use case: We have more than 20 c=
lients that sync to one server. The clients and the server have Unison inst=
alled. These clients can lose connection and get it back hours after.=C2=A0=
</div><div><br></div><div>In the last past months we have seen this error r=
epeat across=C2=A0the clients.</div><div><br></div><div>Roots:</div><div>=
=C2=A0 /www/uploads<br>=C2=A0 ssh://user@server//www/uploads<br><br><b>Erro=
r: Lost connection with the server<br></b><br>Unison 2.53.5 (ocaml 4.14.2) =
log started at 2025-09-17 at 12:29:52<br><br>Roots:<br>=C2=A0 /www/uploads<=
br>=C2=A0 ssh://user@server//www/uploads<br><br><b>Error: Warning: the arch=
ives are locked.</b></div><div><b><br></b>If no other instance of unison is=
 running, the locks should be removed.<br>The file /unison/lkb3c54ad2dbed82=
fb3d2ee570190a9551 on host myclient should be deleted<br>The file /home/<a =
href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://[email protected]/.unison/lka4=
5db4ec67afbd5f4fbc6a3bc9ba8225__;!!IBzWLUs!ScwYVrW5Ib1eJH8DsLZLCJXT2POtpPa7=
TEy4rcFTxk0nEkmT-QpQ0dcq3_I3BocLfNsRWi4Wbto8bZtqe-fVnF9bHQxdkic$" target=3D=
"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirecturl=3D"https://www.google.com/ur=
l?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://urldefense.com/v3/__http://[email protected]/.u=
nison/lka45db4ec67afbd5f4fbc6a3bc9ba8225__;!!IBzWLUs!ScwYVrW5Ib1eJH8DsLZLCJ=
XT2POtpPa7TEy4rcFTxk0nEkmT-QpQ0dcq3_I3BocLfNsRWi4Wbto8bZtqe-fVnF9bHQxdkic$&=
amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1760653050981000&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw1Qoh0AwVjqrBl=
A6V1lWgOu">[email protected]/.unison/lka45db4ec67afbd5f4fbc6a3bc9ba8225</=
a> on host myserver12 should be deleted<br>Please delete lock files as appr=
opriate and try again.</div><div><br></div><div>Once we delete the files in=
 the client and the server (sometimes the lock file is only present on the =
server) the program resumes to run successfully.=C2=A0<br><br></div><div>Wo=
uld you have any suggestions/improvements or any unison commands that we ca=
n run to prevent this type issue? We appreciate any feedback you could give=
 us.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to hearing from you.</div><di=
v>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma=
il_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span =
style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">B=
est regards,</span></span></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span=
 style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">=
Daniela Rivas | Devops</span></span></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(136,136,1=
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